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ISA Full Year 2022 Net Income Jumps 32% Year-on-Year

Medellin Herald February 24, 2023

Medellin-based multinational electric power transmission, telecom and highways-concessionaire giant ISA announced February 23 that its full-year 2022 net income rose 32% year-on-year, to COP$2.2 trillion (US$453 million), from COP$1.66 trillion (US$342 million) in 2021. Gross income rose 14.4%,

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Bancolombia 4Q 2022 Net Income Jumps 66% Year-on-Year

Medellin Herald February 24, 2023

Medellin-based multinational banking giant Bancolombia announced February 24 that its fourth-quarter (4Q) 2022 net income rose 66% year-on-year, to COP$6.8 trillion (US$1.4 billion). Gross loans increased 22.5% year-on-year, or 14.6% when excluding depreciation of the Colombian peso (COP) against the U.S. dollar during 2022. “Thirty-day past-due loans stood at 3.24% and

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Celsia Full-Year 2022 Net Income Drops 18.7% Year-on-Year

Medellin Herald February 22, 2023

Medellin-based electric power giant Celsia – a division of Grupo Argos – on February 21 announced an 18.7% year-on-year decline in 2022 net income –at COP$442.8 billion (US$89.6 million), versus COP$544 billion (US$110 million) in 2021. Gross revenues rose 36% year-on-year, to COP$5.58 trillion (US$1.13 billion) in 2022, versus COP$4.1 trillion (US$830 million) in

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Cementos Argos Full-Year 2022 Profits Drop 59% Year-on-Year

Medellin Herald February 21, 2023

Medellin-based multinational cement/concrete giant Cementos Argos – a division of Grupo Argos – announced February 21 that its full-year 2022 profits fell 59% year-on-year, to COP$215 billion (US$33 million), from COP$524 billion (US$115 million) in 2021. Gross revenues rose 19%, to COP$11.7 trillion (US$2.37 billion), up 23% year-on-year, compared to COP$9.8 trillion

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Mineros Full-Year 2022 Net Income Drops 88% Year-on-Year

Medellin Herald February 21, 2023

Medellin-based multinational gold miner Mineros SA announced February 20 that its full-year 2022 net income fell 88% year-on-year, to COP$19 billion (US$3.8 million), from COP$$162 billion (US$32.6 million) in 2021. “The net result was significantly impacted by COP$196 billion [US$39.5 million] of asset impairment expenses, mainly on the Gualcamayo mine property in

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Update: Medellin City Council Reverses Planned Sale of EPM’s 50% Stake in UNE

Medellin Herald September 20, 2022

The Medellin City Council on September 29 decided to reverse an earlier vote that would have approved the sale of city-owned utility EPM’s 50% stake in telecom-internet giant UNE to Millicom Spain, which holds the other 49.9% of shares. Following an earlier provisional vote to approve the sale, on September 29 some Council members stated […]

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Odinsa Inks Huge Highway-Concessions Alliance with Macquarie

Medellin Herald September 2, 2022

Medellin-based highway/airport concessionaire Odinsa – a division of cement, electric-power and concessions conglomerate Grupo Argos – announced this morning (September 2) a strategic alliance with Australia-based global infrastructure giant Macquarie Infrastructure and Real Assets (MIRA) and its affiliate Macquarie Infrastructure Partners-V (MIP-V). According to Odinsa,

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Grupo Imsa First-Half 2022 Profits Jump 136% Year-on-Year

Medellin Herald September 1, 2022

Medellin-based multinational Grupo Imsa – a spinoff last November from Medellin-based paints, chemicals and hardware multinational Grupo Orbis, the latter now part of global chemicals giant AkzoNobel – on August 31 posted a second quarter (2Q) 2022 net profit of COP$2.24 billion (US$501,000), while first-half (1H) net profits soared 136% year-on-year, to COP$13.437 billion

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Antioquia Gold Posts 2Q 2022 Net Profit, Reversing Net Loss in 2Q 2021

Medellin Herald August 29, 2022

Vancouver, Canada-based Antioquia Gold on August 26 announced a second quarter (2Q) 2022 net profit of CAD$474,000 (US$364,500), a big improvement over the CAD$2.6 million (US$2 million) net loss for 2Q 2021. Revenues from the company’s sole asset – its Cisneros, Antioquia mining operations — nearly doubled year-on-year, to CAD$30.5 million (US$23 million), while

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Conconcreto 2Q 2022 Net Income Rises 14% Year-on-Year

Medellin Herald August 18, 2022

Medellin-based multinational construction giant Conconcreto announced August 17 that its second quarter (2Q) 2022 net income rose 14% year-on-year, to COP$47 billion (US$10.7 million). Revenues jumped 67% year-on-year, to COP$528 billion (US$120 million), while earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) rose 21%, to COP$79.5 billion (US$18